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PROVERB
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.
Submitter comment: SOURCE UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PROVERB
LOVE ME, LOVE MY DOG
Submitter comment: ORIGIN UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
TAKE THE BITTER WITH THE SWEET.
Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001964SUMMER
THAT'S AS EASY AS TAKING CANDY FROM A BABY.
Submitter comment: FROM-UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): STEALING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001964SUMMER
THERE'S A POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW.
Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001964SUMMER
THERE'S NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL.
Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00001964SUMMER
THERE MAY BE SNOW ON THE ROOF, BUT THERE IS STILL FIRE
IN THE FURNACE.
Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001964SUMMER
TIME WAITS FOR NO MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001964SUMMER
VIRTUE IS ITS OWN REWARD.
Submitter comment: FROM - UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): JUSITCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001964 (SUMMER)
PROVERB
WHERE THERE'S A WILL,
THERE'S A RELATIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
WHICH CAME FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-00-1964
PROVERB
WHY STATE THE OBVIOUS? THE TRUTH COMES OUT IN THE END.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
WISE AS AN OWL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 01-00-1964
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T FIT A ROUND PEG IN A SQUARE HOLE.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T TELL THE DEPTH OF THE WELL BY THE HANDLE OF
THE PUMP.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PEOPLE USED TO SHAKE HANDS SO THAT THEY COULD ASCERTAIN
WHETHER THE OTHER PERSON WAS CONCEALING A WEAPON IN
HIS HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): HISTORY
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
YOU--POINT TO PERSON
DRIVE--PUT HANDS ON IMAGINARY STEERING WHEEL AND TURN.
ME--POINT TO YOURSELF
CRAZY--TURN FINGER NEAR TEMPLE AREA OF YOUR HEAD.
YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Foolishness Stupidity Insanity |
Date learned: 02-04-1972
TO LEARN HOW TO SPELL "ARITHMETIC", THE NUNS USED TO SAY THINK OF
THIS SAYING- A RAT IN THE HOUSE MAY EAT THE ICE CREAM. TAKE THE
FIRST LETTER FROM EACH WORD AND YOU HAVE "ARITHMETIC".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
MOON BELIEF
WHEN THE MOON IS FULL, A PERSON'S HAIR WILL GROW MUCH FASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 04-26-1972